Beverage cooler and dispenser



Fb.'9,19'26. I 1,572,242

W. M LAUGHLIN BEVERAGE COOLER AND DISPENSER Filed Feb. 19. 1925 /n venTbk 14 ML oqy/l/in Patented Feb. 9, 1926.

\ burrs stares WILLIAM MoLAUGrI-ILIN, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

BEVERAGE COOLER AND DISPENSER.

Application filed February To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, vVrLLImvr MoLAUorI- LIN', a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Beverage Coolers and Dispensers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to beverage coolers and dispensers. 7

An object of the invention is to provide in a beverage cooler and dispenser an ice container adapted to retain the ice or coolingelement within and separated from the beverage being dispensed and. to provide this ice container with exterior baftie plates and fins for the purpose of agitating and stirring the beverage in order to keep the ingredients thoroughly mixed and" to disturb any collection of sediment on the bottom of the dispenser.

It is an object of the invention to accomplish the foregoing results without removing the cover from the dispenser thus doing away with an unsanitaryi practice which often permitted foreign matter to enter a dispenser when the cover was removed and a stick or spoon used for stirring.

A further object is to provide a cooler and an ice container both made of glass so that in dispensing beveragesthe salesman and the customer may both see the liquid being dispensed and the ice in the container, and that the ice is separate from the liquid.

Other objects and advantages will be made manifest in the following specification of an embodiment of the invention illustrat'ed in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of the beverage cooler and dispenser.

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional view of the ice container employed and the baffle plates and fins, taken on the line 22 of Figure 1. V

Figure 3 is a fragmentary sectional view of an ice container having a modified form of battle plates and fins.

The details of construction and use of the invention are as follows:

An ordinary type of cylindrical container such as a jar 1 rests upon a conventional base 2 and is provided with a dome shaped cover 3 which is adapted to seat upon the upper rim of the glass jar 1 and a short annular sleeve a effects a dust proof fit with 19, 1925. Serial No. 10,308.

the upper end of the glass jar. A faucet 5 is mounted at the lower end of the jar for the purpose of dispensing the beverage con tained in the dispenser as indicated at G.

The ice container or cooling element consists of a cylindrical container such as a glass jar, which is smaller in diameter and slightly less in height than the glass ar 1. Ice is represented by 11, it being well known that ice when retained out of actual contact with'liquid will last much longer without melting and at the same time produce a cooling effect for the liquid surrounding the ice container. The mouth of the ice container 10 is formed with a head 12. Immediately below the head 12 is a collar 13 made preferably of wire material and formed of a single piece looped atone side of the container as shown at 1 1 and the free end twisted upwardly and bent to provide a hook 15 on the side of the container op posite the loop 14. A link 16 is formed with an eye 17 at one end which is adapted to insertion in the loop '14: and the body of the link 16 extends horizontally above the mouth of the ice container 10 and is adapt ed to be en aged against its own spring resistance by the book 15. A red 2-0 having a hole 21 at its lower end adapted to receive the link 16 is threaded at itsupper end and projects through a small opening .21 in the cover 8. A knob 22 provided with internal threads is screwed to the upper end of the rod 20. The length of the rod is so proportioned that when the knob 22 carrying the rod is resting upon the cover 3 the ice container 10 will be suspended a short distance from the bottom of the ja 1 for a purpose hereinafter described.

A particularly novel feature of the beverage cooler and dispenser consists of one or any desired number of battle plates 23 surrounding the ice container 10 and adapted to extend radially therefrom. These baffle plates are preferably formed of glass and made integrally with the ice container 10 as illustrated in Figure 2. However, a modilied form of battle plate may consist of a metal strap having a U shaped cross section and a small opening 36 at one end of the strap through which a tongue 37 on the other end of the strap is adapted to be drawn and, folded back as at 38 to-securc the strap in place.

The lowermost baflie plates indicated at 28, arealso preferably formed of glass intcgr lly with the ice container 10, and consist in addition to the horizontal bailie plates 28 of downwardly extending fins 31 and 32 diametrically crossing each other. Or, the lowermost baflie plates may be formed of a metal strap having a U shaped cross section similar to strap 35 and the baffle plate 39 formed with a downwardly extending cylindrical wall provided with a bottom plate 40, thus aflording amp-like portion 41 adaptedto snugly. enclose the bottom of the ice container 10. Extending downwardly from the bottom plate 40 is a diametrically disposed fin 12. A second tin 43 extending transversely of the fin 4:2 is also projected. downwardly from the plate 40. The lins 31 and 32 or 42 and 43 reach substantially to the bottom of the glass jar 1. r

In the use of the invention, sediment has collected at the bottom of theglass jar 1, or if it is desired to agitate orstir the beverage 6 for other reasons, the operator will grasp the knob 22 and may severely agitate the beverage by an up and down reciprocating mo" in churning. The bafile plates 28 will engage the liquid in a more effective manner than would an ordinary spoon inserted from the top. The ice container 10 may then be rotated by turning the knob 22, the motion being imparted through the rod 20, the link 16 and the collar 13 which snngly fits the ice container 10. The resulting rotation will cause the fins 31 and 32 to stir the liquid element crsediment at theibottom of the glass jar 1 and thus aid in thoroughly mixing the contents of the dispenser. It will be noted that this stirring and agitating operation may be carried on without refmoving the cover 3, thus preventing dust from entering the beverage cooler, and dis: penser and further preventing the cooling properties from escaping.

bviously if it is desired to remove any of the parts for cleaning or other pnrpo ses the cover 3 may be slipped'oit otthe glass jar 1, the link 16 unhooked from thehook l5 and the rod 20 slipped, oil of the link 16. The baflie plates 23 and .28and;th'e fins 31 and 32 may be made in various sizes or shapes integrally with an internal cooling element of any dispensing device.

By utilizing a glass jarand a, glass ice container, a person may. readily see how much ice is in the container and as the non such as is employed beverage is being dispensed the purchaser will have visibleevidence that it is not being diluted with ice water. Moreover, many people have a prejudice against drinking water from water jars in that the water is frequently contaminated by the ice and with the visible ice container with the ice showing therein a person has visible evidence that the ice does not contaminate the drinking water.

Various changes may be made without departing from the spiritot the invention as claimed.

hat is claimed is:

1. A. beverage cooler comprising in combination a glass jar having integral walls and base and a faucet therefor, an ice container formed of glass having integral walls and base and an open top with a bead thereabouts, a wire collar secured to the ice container below the bead, aloop formed} on one side and having a hook formed on the other side of the collar, a link having an eye connected to the loop and its other end engaging the hook, a cover fitted on the container and having an aperture through the top, a rod fitting through said aperture and having a knob at the, upper end and an opening in its lower end, said .opening hav ing the said: link pass therethrough, whereby the ice container may be moved without disturbing thecover.

2. An ice cooler comprising in combinatron a jar having an open mouth to contain a beverage, a substantially cylindrical ice container insertable through the open mouth of the jar, a plate secured to the lowerv end of the ice container and having a series of lateral flanges and a fin at the bottom, a cover for the jar and means extending through the cover connected to the ice container to reciprocate androtate the container and means to withdraw the beverage from the jar.

3. An ice cooler. as. claimed in ,claim 2, having in additions baflie, comprising a strap haying a 'U-shaped cross section adapted to encircle the ice container, one end of the strap being provided with an opening and the other end being extended to form .a tongue, saidtongue being adapted to engage .through the opening and clamp the baffle. i p

In testimony whereof I have signed my m m thiss1 eci ation.-.

WILLIAM McLAUGI-ILIN. 

